The new news here is Win32::LongPath, which looks very promising. It was officially released just three months ago, so it wasn't around in 2010 when I asked "Is File::Find Unicode-(Conformant|Compliant|Enabled|Capable)?" It has already been enhanced (just days ago) with an important feature: support for Cygwin. This new CPAN module addresses the problems that I lamented earlier makes Perl—like other modern scripting languages—not generally and dependably useable for folder and file manipulation in the modern Windows environment, including Unicode, long paths and junction/mount points.

Perl scripts written with Win32::LongPath aren't portable, of course. And as far as I can tell, there's no new File::Find::foo module that exploits the new Windows-specific capabilities afforded by Win32::LongPath. But having the ability to manipulate folders and files on Windows reliably using a comprehensive, well-documented and seemingly well-written CPAN module is a big win for Modern Perl versus other scripting languages.

Not really more promising than Win32::Unicode , but I welcome the improvements it provides

there's no new File::Find::foo

:D I already provided the code once, all you had to do was release it :) adapt it for Win32::LongPath ... combine with ex::override ... :D

an important feature: support for Cygwin.

LOL!!!! As Cygwin isn't windows, it shouldn't need specific suport from a Win32 module because it just doesn't belong ... all the regular Cygwin should just take care of everything, cause thats cygwin promise ...

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